Retail Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Retailing
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Solihull. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 2.22% - -
As % of the General category 3.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £615 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £685 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £275 £525 £588
% change year-on-year -47.62% -10.64% +23.68%

All General Skills
Solihull

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29 15 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 64.44% 65.22% 44.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 18
10th Percentile £175 £242 £213
25th Percentile £268 £313 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £342 £431
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -20.70% -1.43%
75th Percentile £638 £438 £609
90th Percentile £1,563 £468 £813
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -3.05% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.01 £23.60 £19.23
% change year-on-year -10.97% +22.76% +9.11%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

Retail job vacancy trend in Solihull

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall